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- Title
Carriage of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children: An Observational Study
- Authors
Spuesens, Emiel B. M.; Fraaij, Pieter L. A.; Visser, Eline G.; Hoogenboezem, Theo; Hop, Wim C. J.; van Adrichem, Léon N. A.; Weber, Frank; Moll, Henriette A.; Broekman, Berth; Berger, Marjolein Y.; van Rijsoort-Vos, Tineke; van Belkum, Alex; Schutten, Martin; Pas, Suzan D.; Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E.; Hartwig, Nico G.; Vink, Cornelis; van Rossum, Annemarie M. C.
- Abstract
In order to determine the possible asymptomatic carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the upper respiratory tracts of children, Emiel Spuesens and colleagues investigate the prevalence of M. pneumoniae in symptomatic and asymptomatic children at a hospital in The Netherlands. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
- Subjects
MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae; RESPIRATORY infections; CHILDREN; BACTERIAL diseases; BACTERIAL DNA
- Publication
PLoS Medicine, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1549-1277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001444